The Ready State

 Karissa Bodnar Thriving as an Entrepreneur with Purpose Karissa Bodnar launched Thrive Causemetics, a vegan direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand in 2015 with the mission of “Bigger than Beauty.” She began her career as a makeup artist and product developer/cosmetic chemist prior to starting Thrive Causemetics and no

Balance as a Movement Vital Sign Classically, we think of vital signs as little numbers on a print-out sheet we got from our doctor after a battery of tests. Words like “blood pressure” and “hormones” may come to mind. But as our knowledge expands, so do our definitions of vitality and how we measure our ...Read More T

 Kirk Parsley Why Sleep Impacts Every Aspect of Life and How You Can Improve and Protect Yours Kirk “Doc” Parsley completed SEAL training as a teenager and served on SEAL Team Five for 6 years. After leaving to attend college, Kirk received his medical degree and returned to the military as the physician for ...Read

When it comes to back pain, most tools out there are focused on the lower back or lumbar spine. With good reason. Lumbar injury and pain is as debilitating as it is common. It has, potential nerve impingements and implications for your legs and lower body. The upper back, or thoracic spine (T-spine for short) ...Read M

 Caroline Paul Outdoor Adventure for Healthy and Happy Aging Caroline Paul is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure and Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, which has been translated into fifteen languages. She is also the au

 Tia Toomey Finding Your Why, Rejecting Complacency, and Developing a Champion’s Mindset Tia Toomey was named one of the world’s fittest women by Sports Illustrated, and is a six-time CrossFit Games champion, Olympic weightlifter, and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. She is the only CrossFit athlete to have competed